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Change, métal précieux et conventions monétaires dans l' « Histoire des prix » de Thomas Tooke

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[fre] Change, métal précieux et conventions monétaires dans l'« Histoire des prix » de Thomas Tooke. . L'étude de cet ouvrage montre que l'analyse du change en termes de points d'or ne rend pas compte de la plage des mouvements effectifs du métal entre les pays. Les variations du change modifient les prix comparatifs du métal d'un marché à l'autre et donc les conditions de l'arbitrage. Des mouvements de métal s'enclenchent alors, qui modifient en retour les taux de change. L'existence simultanée de conventions monétaires différentes d'un pays à l'autre produit des effets sur ces interactions entre le change et le métal, mais ces effets ne sont pas constants au cours du temps, alors même que les conventions restent les mêmes. Cela pourrait expliquer la différence d'analyse que l'on repère entre les volumes de l'« Histoire des prix » écrits par Tooke et ceux qu'a rédigés Newmarch. [eng] Money exchange, precious metal and monetary conventions in Thomas Tooke's history of prices. . The study of that book shows that the analysis of money exchange in terms of gold points does not capture the range of the effective transfers of metal between countries. Exchange movements modify the comparative prices of the precious metal between markets, hence arbitrage conditions. This creates transfers of metal which in turn modify exchange rates. Simultaneous, although different, monetary conventions in countries involved have effects on those interactions between money exchange and metal trans­fers, but these effects are not constant through time, while the conventions remain the same. This may explain the difference in analysis between the volumes of History of Prices written respectively by Tooke and by Newmarch.

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  • Lucien Gillard, 1994. "Change, métal précieux et conventions monétaires dans l' « Histoire des prix » de Thomas Tooke," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 45(5), pages 1289-1312.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:reveco:reco_0035-2764_1994_num_45_5_409609
    DOI: 10.3406/reco.1994.409609
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